couldn't care less

Idioms  

1. Also, could care less. Be completely indifferent. For example, Pick whatever dessert you want; I couldn't care less, or I could care less about the editor's opinion. This expression originated about 1940 in Britain and for a time invariably used couldn't. About 1960 could was occasionally substituted, and today both versions are used with approximately equal frequency, despite their being antonyms.

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couldn't care less

"We got there with no pro league in the country. Unbelievable. But everybody in America couldn't care less."

From BBC ● Jun. 6, 2026

I couldn’t care less about the comments he made about me, but they are a reflection of his character.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 28, 2026

Josh, who thinks of himself as “the voice of women of a certain age,” is precious about the jokes he manages to get into the script; Mary couldn’t care less.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 22, 2026

Guardiola had claimed on Friday that he "couldn't care less" about Arsenal's recent stumble breathing new life into the title race.

From Barron's ● Feb. 21, 2026

“I couldn’t care less what you do to each other,” he said, spinning Mulch and snapping the cuffs on.

From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer

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